Heavy Snow, East Slope of the Southern Cascades
- When
- December 23, 12:00 AM PST to 1:00 PM PST
- Where
- East Slope of the Southern Cascades forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Washington, December 23, 1996
About 9 inches of snow fell in 12 hours. Most of the snow that had fallen throughout Eastern Washington has pushed most cities snow removal budgets to the limit.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SEW wrote it up.
About 9 inches of snow fell in 12 hours. Most of the snow that had fallen throughout Eastern Washington has pushed most cities snow removal budgets to the limit.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 23, 1996
- Tornado in California, December 23, 1996
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, December 23, 1996
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 23, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, December 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, December 23, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 23 to 24, 1996
More
Every storm in Washington in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, December 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5577213.